page_title: Williams Aircraft Design Company
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Williams Aircraft Design Company / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: c/n 1. Built 1971 for Formula One air racing. Competed in the 1973 Reno Air Races and finished in 2nd place. On display in the ‘Jet &amp; Air Racers’ hangar at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California, USA. 28-2-2016
context_page_description: The Williams Aircraft Design Company was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Northridge, California and run by Art Williams. The company specialized in the design of racing aircraft.
  Several of Williams products were the result of collaboration with other designers. For instance the Williams-Cangie WC-1 Sundancer was designed with Carl Cangie and won first place at the 1973 Reno Air Races Formula One Class.
  The Williams W-17 Stinger design captured second place at the 1973 Reno Air Races in the biplane class.
caption: Williams W-17 Stinger
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